See also: 1883 in music, other events of 1884, 1885 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents
1 Events
2 Published popular music
3 Musical theater
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

Published popular music

  • "Clementine"     w.m. Percy Montrose
  • "The Coon's Salvation Army" by Sam Lucas
  • "The Golden Wedding"     m. Gabriel-Marie
  • "Love's Old Sweet Song"     w. George Clifton Bingham m. James Lyman Molloy
  • "March of the Plumed Knight" by Charles B. Morrell & William Howard Doane
  • "My Thoughts Are of Thee" by Sam Lucas
  • "Otchi Tchorniya"     trad
  • "Rest, Comrades, Rest (Memorial Hymn)" by O. B. Ormsby
  • "Rock-a-bye Baby"     w.m. Effie I. Canning
  • "When the Heather Blooms Again" by Francis Jane Crosby & William Howard Doane
  • "While Strolling Through The Park One Day"     w.m. Ed Haley

Musical theater

  • Adonis Broadway production
  • The Beggar Student London production
  • Desirée Broadway production
  • The Grand Mogul London production
  • Princess Ida London production
  • Princess Ida Broadway production

Births

Deaths

  • June 8 - Henry Clay Work, US composer